‘This beautifully written book tells the climate story with an unflinching and deeply personal honesty.’ Clive Hamilton. Age feature writer Jo Chandler is a seasoned worrier, but not a catastrophist. She has worried about the looming spectre of climate change for years, while always clinging to the modicum of comfort that it was something gradual, even stoppable.

Lately, [...]

With the debut of the Bolt report, even I thought it would be better than it was! All the music and excitement at the start of the show! Wow – I was expecting fireworks with our very own Glen Beck equivalent rising up out of the smoke and hype!   Unfortunately, all the bang and whiz was [...]

I have been reading Paul Gilding’s excellent book, “The Great Disruption”.  In it he talks about a major switching of market activity and strategy driven by sudden and reduced access to resources.  What do the market experts think?  A friend sent me this relevant article written by Jeremy Grantham, a British investor who is Co-founder [...]

UPDATE-2:  Looks like the Ningaloo reefs are likely to escape major mortality given they have remained just outside the main hot spot.  These reefs are likely to lose about 10% of their corals. Things still remain serious in this analysis for the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (well inside the hotspot – see map and Tyler’s [...]